Why You Need To Open Your Own Business To Have Control Over Your Life

“I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.”

Colonel Harland Sanders (Founder, Kentucky Fried Chicken)

“It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.”

Edwin Land, (Co-founder, Polaroid)

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

Thomas Edison, (Co-Founder, General Electric)

You don’t have electricity.

You don’t have a phone.

You don’t have the Internet.

Could you thrive?

People used to do it all the time.

People used to start businesses without them all the time.

They even became multimillionaires without them.

Many of the greatest entrepreneurs started their businesses before they had the luxuries of modern times.

One of the best examples of this comes from Benjamin Franklin.

Franklin was a strong businessman, but it wasn’t always that way.

He was born into a family of seventeen children, and they were far from rich.

Sixteen brothers and sisters—what?

Early in life, he moved to Philadelphia to try and kick-start his career.

He worked in a printing shop to make ends meet, but he was unsatisfied working for someone else.

He wanted to be his own man.

He used the business lessons he learned in the printing shop to make a plan to start his own newspaper.

Taking a huge risk is always going to sound crazy at first, but once the risk pays off, it’s no longer that crazy.

Instead, the crazy idea becomes “visionary.”

It becomes “forward-thinking.”

It becomes “obvious.”

The key is to have a road map for turning your crazy idea into a reality.

Taking a huge risk is a leap of faith, and your plan is the parachute.

Plan for the worst, hope for the best, and roll with the punches.

But NEVER limit your dreams.

Starting a business or personal project of any kind is a rite of passage. It’s the chance to turn your ideas into something real. By deciding to make something happen for yourself, you can create a ripple effect of success in your life. This ripple effect will affect others around you, motivating them to higher levels of success too. The key is to create a strong purpose, work obsessively towards it, and then protect it from bullies and whiners. Do this and you’ll live a more confident and focused life. Until next time, live like a lion.

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